As the world sings triumphant cries to heaven over death that You
conquered, help us, Lord, tomorrow as well, when the dresses are put
away and the candy is all eaten and on with life we go let us not
forget.

The celebration of Your Resurrection over death is a celebration of life
that should continue well beyond the sunrise service and the music,
rehearshed for days prior; it is beyond the sign of spring beyond the
lilly beyond new lambs grazing in open fields.

Resurrection is a daily celebration over fear; man's greatest and most
powerful enemy. Fear of tomorrow, fear of our yesterdays, fear of what
shall become of our young our old our unborn. Resurrection is replacing
fear with physical action.

This alone, the most touching and profound of Your signs that fear is
dead and belief in You brings, not just hope but life.

What better living parable could You have brought? All fear death. All.
Even in the garden, You took on our fear if for only moments, it was as
real as our fears can be real and You knew then that this single enemy
must be destroyed.

And, You sacrificed Your life, leaving those who had been comfort, and
follower; You left them behind, to conquer fear.

I shall cling to this now, and the tomorrows given me.

Peace and Thanksgiving lifted unto You.

Amen.